1.   As we move up the hierarchy towards elite sport, there is an increasing demand to watch sporting competitions.

2.   Sporting competitions took on a new political significance during the Cold War.

3.   There is an increasing demand to watch sporting competitions.

4.   At its highest levels, the French consider ocean racing to be something of a cross between a sporting competition, a grand adventure and a spiritual quest.

5.   By any measure, the Ryder Cup now stands for legitimate sporting competition.

6.   No other sporting competition, including the Olympics, has been attended by so many different nations.

7.   The second floor has the toy collection, various pieces of firefighting apparatus and silver trophies won by local firefighters in demonstrations and sporting competitions with other departments.

8.   North Korea has since been cold to a number of South Korean offers to form a unified team for the Olympics and other international sporting competitions.

9.   When it comes to major international sporting competitions, however, air pollution seems to be a minor concern.

10.   In a sporting competition, it should be everybody on the same starting line.